Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-1987
Publication Title
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
The steroid hormone, 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (calcitriol), has been shown to inhibit T cell proliferation, primarily through inhibition of interleukin 2 (IL-2) production. In these experiments, we show that calcitriol also markedly inhibited production of the lymphokine, gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), by activated human T lymphocytes. Regulation of both IL-2 and IFN-gamma production as well as transferrin receptor (TfR) expression by calcitriol was apparent at the messenger RNA (mRNA) level as determined by Northern blotting. The decrease in IL-2 and IFN-gamma mRNA that occurred with calcitriol treatment was coordinate and not apparent up to 12 h after phytohemagglutinin stimulation, whereas decreased accumulation of TfR mRNA was not present before 24-36 h. Furthermore, the effects of calcitriol on IL-2, IFN-gamma, and TfR mRNA accumulation were specific; actin mRNA accumulation was comparable between control and treated cells. These data indicate that calcitriol regulated proteins associated with T cell activation at the transcriptional level and that these effects were mediated in a specific, coordinate fashion.
DOI
10.1172/JCI113004
Original Citation
Rigby WF, Denome S, Fanger MW. Regulation of lymphokine production and human T lymphocyte activation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. Specific inhibition at the level of messenger RNA. J Clin Invest. 1987;79(6):1659-1664. doi:10.1172/JCI113004
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Rigby, William F.C.; Denome, Sylvia; and Fanger, Michael W., "Regulation of Lymphokine Production and Human T Lymphocyte Activation by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3. Specific Inhibition at the Level of Messenger RNA." (1987). Dartmouth Scholarship. 3608.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/3608
